High severity · published Jul 21, 2026
CVE-2026-55081
DHIS2 Reflected XSS in OpenAPI HTML scope parameter
7.3
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
DHIS2 is a flexible information system for data capture, management, validation, analytics and visualization. The DHIS2 OpenAPI HTML endpoint reflected values from the `scope` query parameter into the generated HTML document without sufficient sanitization. A crafted `scope` value could be rendered as active HTML or JavaScript in the OpenAPI documentation page. An attacker able to get a user to open a crafted OpenAPI HTML URL could execute JavaScript in that user's browser in the DHIS2 origin.
Affected versions: DHIS2 2.42 and 2.43 before the 2026-06-09 security patch releases, and the development branch for DHIS2 2.44 before the fix was merged.
Patched in 2.42.5.1, 2.43.0.1, the 2.42 and 2.43 line branches, and the 2.44 development branch.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DH
dhis2-core · dhis2
>= 2.42.0, < 2.42.5.1; >= 2.43.0, < 2.43.0.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55081
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55081
github.com
https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24158
github.com
https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24159
github.com
https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24160
github.com
https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24161
github.com
https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/pull/24162
github.com
https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/security/advisories/GHSA-6785-hj47-c27h
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